CVE-2022-49321 xprtrdma: treat all calls not a bcall when bc_serv is NULL
A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's xprtrdma module allows a remote attacker to cause a system crash via a malformed RPC reply.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-49321?
CVE-2022-49321 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xprtrdma: treat all calls not a bcall when bc_serv is NULL
When a rdma server returns a fault format reply, nfs v3 client may treats it as a bcall when bc service is not exist.
The debug message at rpcrdma_bc_receive_call are,
[56579.837169] RPC: rpcrdma_bc_receive_call: callback XID 00000001, length=20 [56579.837174] RPC: rpcrdma_bc_receive_call: 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04
After that, rpcrdma_bc_receive_call will meets NULL pointer as,
[ 226.057890] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000000000000c8 ... [ 226.058704] RIP: 0010:_raw_spin_lock+0xc/0x20 ... [ 226.059732] Call Trace: [ 226.059878] rpcrdma_bc_receive_call+0x138/0x327 [rpcrdma] [ 226.060011] __ib_process_cq+0x89/0x170 [ib_core] [ 226.060092] ib_cq_poll_work+0x26/0x80 [ib_core] [ 226.060257] process_one_work+0x1a7/0x360 [ 226.060367] ? create_worker+0x1a0/0x1a0 [ 226.060440] worker_thread+0x30/0x390 [ 226.060500] ? create_worker+0x1a0/0x1a0 [ 226.060574] kthread+0x116/0x130 [ 226.060661] ? kthread_flush_work_fn+0x10/0x10 [ 226.060724] ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40 ...
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49321?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2022-49321?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2022-49321 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49321 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49321, GHSA-vch8-w6r9-fgp2, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49321.